US EditionBritish Airways pilot caused plane to catch fire after mixing up left and right
- A British Airways plane aborted take-off due to a co-pilot confusing left and right, as found by investigators.
- The incident, which occurred on June 28 last year, shut down Gatwick Airport for 50 minutes, affecting traffic.
- Firefighting crews responded to extinguish a fire on the right-hand landing gear during the incident.
- The co-pilot expressed surprise over the inadvertent thrust reduction and could not identify its cause.
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Wheels on fire - Pilot’s left/right gaffe
On June 28, 2024, a British Airways Boeing 777 en route for Vancouver had to abort take-off at London’s Gatwick Airport after the co-pilot confused left and right. The mix-up caused the aircraft’s brakes to catch fire, an Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) report has just revealed. The incident occurred at 11.20am and led to a 50-minute closure of the main runway and the cancellation of… Source
A moment of confusion, a hand moving in the wrong direction on a crucial lever, and a takeoff turns into an emergency with fire on the track. It happened on 28 June 2024 at London Airport Gatwick at a Boeing 777 British Airways bound for Vancouver, Canada, with 334 passengers and 13 crew members on board. An accident whose causes have now been made known by the report of the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB), the British investigating bo…
British Airways plane catches fire as pilot confuses left and right during Gatwick take-off - The Mirror
A runway at Gatwick Airport was forced to close for 50-minutes and 23 flights were cancelled after a British Airways plane caught on fire when a pilot confused his right and left
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